Category: Learning Disabilities

The Inside Track: ADHD Tips From My College Years

Rae Jacobson has ADHD.  She survived college and is now is a writer from Brooklyn, New York. Her special interest is ADHD and learning disabilities in women and girls, drawing on her own experiences with ADHD.    In this post from  the blog, Inside Track, she shares  her personal tips for  managing college and doing well.

ADHD – Tips from my College Years

 

The blog “Inside Track” is but one of several resources available at the website “Understood.” The focus of the site is learning  and attention issues. The intended audience is  parents of students with learning and attention issues. The site also has many useful items for students.

Friends of Quinn

The Friends of Quinn” website  contains  lots of information for young adults with LD.  Included at the site are excellent, short videos with professionals with LD, including  the one found here with David Boies, attorney.

Friends of Quinn: Interview with Attorney David Boies

Links to other interviews  (Richard Branson, Gavin Newsome, the Lt. Gov. of California, and racer Stan Wattles) are also available

The site includes other helpful sections including “Life with LD” “LD Facts,” “FAQ’s” and more.

Interestingly, the font used for the site is the Dyslexie Font specifically designed to simplify life for those who have dyslexia.